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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

run clearinghouse; but you don't
know much about religion
"Well," said the builder of the Mis-
sion, very sharply, twill you try it?''
"Oh, yes,' was the answer.
Phil. Armour's theological scheme
has been in vogue ever since that inter-
view, and has been great success. He
goes up every Sunday to the morning
children's service, and watches the
thing grow.
"Don't you mind the old fellows or
the played out Sinners" he constantly
adjures the minister in charge. IF you
see an old fellow in the gutter even,
don't stop, but keep your eye on the
little fellow ahead. Look out for him."
Armour's theology has filled up the
benches, and they hold eighteen hun
dred people. The preacher, ever since
the sharp interview at the La Sale street
office, has been working on the new
tack. The service is most interesting
one. According to orders, the grown
folks are entirely ignored. The whole
service is for the little ones. The pray
ers are short mot longer than Armour
indicated with his two forefngers.
There is singing pretty nearly all the
time. The little fellows are drilled to
recite verses or to sing solos. And vet
the benches are almost filed with the
parents and grown brothers and sisters
of the little ones. There are twice as
many at this children's service in the
morning as in the evening, when SER
mon is preached.
"You can do what you like at night,n
Armour told the preacher, in an en-
couraging way, after this interview.
"You can preach a sermon, if you like;
for I'll never be there except in the
morning. But at that children's SER
vice L want it my way until 1 see it
won't work"
But it did work. The dominic at the
Mission now admits that, after all,
Phil. Armour knew better what would
I'LL the benches than trained theolo-
gian. Best of all, and this pleases Ar
mour most, all creeds gather at the
Mission to bring or see the children,
hundreds of Catholics among the 9TH
ers.-Neao York Sun.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17
-Miss FLORENCE Niohtingale haI

Miss Florence Nightingale has re-
turned to her London home. Recently a
presentation has been made to her by
the members of the Whatstandwell Cot
fee and Reading rooms, which she was
instrumental in establishing five years
ago, and in the success of which she has
always taken an interest. The presenta-
ton took the form of an oil painting,
representing a view of Lea Hurst, Miss
residence near Withstand
well.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17
PASSAGE FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN.
FROM REV. s. H. M'CoLLEsTER. D. D.
III.

What wonder is the ocean as you
watch it night and day. Could you de-
scend into it some ten thousand feet,
which is about it's average depth, and
look up through it, stranger things
would be discovered than earth or sky
have ever revealed. Composed as the
water is of molusks which are never at
rest, what commotion would be expert
enced; and besides, there would not be a
thimbleful but what would be disturb
ed by animated life. Monsters and
mites would be sporting according to
natural law. The big fish would be
eating up the little ones. The survival
of the fittest, perchance, would be fully
demonstrated. Animal existence would
be found to abound in the sea instead
of vegetable, as on the land. Let the
monad and leviathan work away pro-
ducing the useful and the beautiful;
they are sure to leave behind them
works of pearly coral, and precious
things.
The chemist picks the particles of
water to pieces, he finds them holding
in solution silver, gold and salts which
are washed in from the land as the car
bonic acid of the rain and snow cut
them free and the rivers bear them on
to the sea. How fortunate it is, that
every now and then, the land beneath
the ocean is raised up! Thus by this
interchange the land is kept rich and
beautiful, that man may live on it and
rejoice.
Then, too, it is marvellous that the
ratio of water and land should remain
always the same, being three times as
much of the former as of the latter, so
that the sun can dip up through evapo-
ration suficiency of water to supply
through the rainfall the needs of the
dry land. The clouds are but chariots
to bear refreshment over the earth.
Moreover, the heat about the equator
is constantly sending currents to the
north, and the cold of the poles are send
ing currents to the south, so as to refresh
and prevent stagnation. This, together
with the fact that the atmosphere is in
cessantly falling behind the velocity of
the earth, keeps our atmosphere in con-
slant motion, becoming almost thing
of life; at least it does stimulate all or
gained being and therefore, it is per-
meated with fullness of life. The
ocean has been dredged to the depth of
four miles and found replete with ami
mated objects. How little, as yet, we
know of its treasures! We do not I'M
derstand even whence comes its color
of blue, or green, or red. But it has
entertainments and blessings; according
ly, the greatest cities have always stood
upon its shore. Human beings were
drawn to it in the rudest stages of bar
barism, floating its surface in the log
canoe, and have continued to improve
the boat as civilization has advanced
until palatial structures move with the
speed Of the bird over its waters, and
flags of every nation wave above its sur
face. If the ancient Romans and Greeks
felt that special deities presided over the
oceans, we can rest in the thought that
the one God holds the deep places in
his hand and that he oVerrules for good.
So it asserts with profoundest empha-
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

"A Berlin contemporary informs its
readers that the famous surgeon, DIR. Els
march, is the leader of an attack upon
Apothecaries' Latin" and he is sup
ported in this campaign on behalf of
common sense in medicine by several of
the most eminent physicians and medical
professors in Germany. He asks why a
foreign tongue should still be employed
by physicians in writing their prescrip-
tons, when a general expulsion of foreign
terms and phrases and the substitution OF
their German equivalents has become the
order of the day.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

lister chastisement. When this was
about to happen, the child would be
handed basin of water and told to 90
into the bedroom and prepare herself
for punishment. The preparation meant
that she was to pray for forgiveness for
that offense she had committed. A lit
tie later the mother would enter, and,
drawing chair beside the bed, would
take the offender on her lap, reverse
her, and place her legs under the edge
of the bed so as to modify the inevita-
BILE kicks and struggles. Then, dipping
her hand in the water-the purpose be-
ing to make the application to the ma
ked skin more binding-she would
slowly voice little prayer, the while
beating vigorous flat-handed tattoo
on the exposed parts of the writhing
and bowling offender.
However, this process was not the
one usually adopted. The infant GRIM
inal was collared summarily and switch
ed without any preliminaries, such pray
ing as there was being done by the vic
tim in the shape of yelling entreaties to
stop the punishment.
Occasionally Methodist circuit-rider
would visit the section and preach in
the school-house to such an audience
as could be gathered through notice
given to the children at the day school.
1t would be announced for ''early can
delight" and the more opulent of the
attendants would bring tallow- candle
and thus secure dim illumination of
the interior.
The proceedings would usually COM
mence by the singing by the gathering
Of some doleful and depressing hymn
such as
"Hark, from the tombs, doleful sound,
Mine ears attend the cry,
Ye sinners come and view the ground
Where you must shortly liel''
This, sung in a minor key, was to
harrow up the souls of the listeners and
prepare them for the seed of the timer
ant sower. L yet see and hear the
speaker. Gaunt, smooth-shaven, with
bristling head, blazing eyes, he COM
menced in commonplace tone, and,
after little, warmed up to his subject.
By and by his body writhes, his arms
swing like convulsive serpents, his eyes
shine with preternatural light, his
voice, harsh, hoarse, now broken, now
flows with the swiftness of Niagara,
and hear him say:
''Sinner, this night thy soul may be
required of thee. Thou hast grieved
the spirit and she may fly away. Thou
mayst at this very instant be trembling
on the brink of eternal flames. Down
on your knees Repent Repent be-
fore you roll the fiery surges of hell
Eternal torture threatens you!
"Think you that the punishment of
the wicked is less than everlasting? 1
say unto you no The soul plunged
into this gulf of flames sinks and sinks
through it's fiery depths and million
years later rises to the surface and with
extended hands cries: God, is it not
enough p moi is the answer, and
again for untold millions of years he
sinks and rises and will sink and rise,
each moment scorched to the marrow
with unquenchable flames, for all eter-
nifty ~
Such is some of the so-called religion
which prevailed in the region of my
boyhood, and whose atrocious teach
ings became ineffaceable. Polieao, IN
Chicago Times.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

Mrs. Mary A. Livermore is report
ed as saying, after recent visit to the
Woman's Prison at Sherburne, Mass.
that she saw hardly an inmate of the in
stitution whose fall had not been caused
by drink. And Southern temperance
paper, which gives 9,947 as the number of
prisoners confined in the county jails of
Illinois, adds that 5000 of them came up
from the saloons.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17
NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE.

president of the Council of the
United States" is the title given by the
Court Journal to Mr.. Bayard, Secretary
of State.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

Sir John Lubbock, in his lecture
on "Savages," says that the negroes never
kissed until they were taught by the
white people.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

- DIR. Horatius Bonar, of Edin-
burgh, seldom occupies his pulpit now,
because of the in drmities of age. He
has nearly completed fifty years of min
isterial work.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

Miss Whitney's bronze statue of
Lief Ericsson the Viking, who discovered
America about the year 1000, recently
unveiled in Boston, is said to be the most
important work this artist has executed.
1t is at once historic and imaginative; an
ideal typical figure, and a representation
of the Morse navigator, studied from all
available records.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

The Rev DIR. Joseph Parker, OF
London, has not only returned to the
Beecher Monument Association the 500
paid him or the eulogy on the Brooklyn
pastor, but has sent 800 to pay for his
entertainment which was furnished by
the Association.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

Mrs J. Ellen Foster, of Iowa, has
returned from her European trip much
benefited by the rest and change. While
in Ireland Mrs. Foster made a special
study of the Irish question, making the
acquaintance Of many home rule leaders
and attending the O'Brien trial. She will
probably lecture on the subject this win
ter.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

Sebastian Muller, a Swiss, recently
arrived in New Haven, is astonishing the
Yankees by his feats of strength. He is
twenty-five years old, five feet eight
inches tall, weighs a pound and a half
less than 200, is magnifcently developed
as to muscle, and can break six. inch
cobble stone with one blow of his fist.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

1t is not improbable that the
troubled life of Eugene, x-Empress of
France, Is about to end. She is reported
to be critically i'll at Amsterdam. The
eclipse of her imperial splendor, followed
by the death of her only son, has cast a
gloom over her existence for the last six
teen years, which doubtless leads her to
look upon death as happy release.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-12-17

Mother Mary Frances Clarke, SUI
perior general of the Sisters of Charity of
the B. VIM, is dead at St. Joseph's Con-
vent, near Dubuque, Iowa, aged eighty
three. She was the founder of the order
In America. The day before her death the
pope telegraphed her special blessing
and plenary indulgence.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09
GEORGETOWN,
a Report Dsnied-Southvy astern University.
4 Mineral Well.

a Report Denied-Southvs stern University.
\ Mineral Wen.
Special TO the Gazette.
GEORGETOWN, TE Sept. In aR
interview to-day with Sheriff John Olive
he informed your reporter that it WAS
mistake about his having received a teIe-
gram to the eject tn2t John Barbour had
been captured in Ne. raska, and be dis
know any foundation iGF such report.
The Southwestern diversity viii
open Monday the 1919, and students are
now arriving daily. Work on the anne
is progressing rapidly
Pages mineral vel is becoming
most popular resort. People crowd there
daily by the hundreds to drink OF the
elixir OF lie. The water as anslyZed by
Professor Hyer of the Southwestern nj
eTsity, proves TO De equal, if not super
Tor, 10 any mineral water in the state.
Georgetown is now or the eve of bic
boom. With the certainty OF another
railroad, the best mineral water in the
state, the finest university in the south,
with so, 900 anne N course Of cree
ton, there is no reason why we should
not have city second to Fort Worth.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
Thomas e. Powell, Their Candidate for
Governor, Opens tho Campaign.

Thomas e. Powell, Their Candidate for
Governor, Opens tho Campaign.
HAMILTON, OHIO, Sept. THE open
ing meeting of the state campaign of the
Democratic party was held here tonight
1t was large and enthusiastic meeting.
The Duckwo and Ohio Clubs of Gin
cinnsti and the Jefferson Club of Spring
field were in attendance, as well
as a number OF leading Democrats
from other parts CT the state.
The first speech was made by Thomas Z
Powell, candidate for Governor He had
an enthusiastic reception and his speech
was listened to ley 9 large crowd Of peo-
pie. General Powell devoted nearly Cne-
third of his time to Governor Foraker
and his administration, speaking of
what was demanded of Gov
ernor LOT the state of Ohio, the
third state in the Union. He said Fora
ker's attack upon President Cleveland, in
his speech OF acceptance, was unworthy
OF one aspiring to such high Office, and
for it he had received condemnation st
the hands of private citizens and from
the public press. He claimed also
that Governor Foraker had publicly
insulted the Democratic voters of Ohio,
by referring to them in his speech as
1.-THE Rebel Brigade and Confederates, )
and Dirty Democrats" He classed
this method as of the same character as
the Generals charge on former &C.
cesion that the Democratic management
of the penitentiary had been making
canes from human skins OF negroes and
Irishmen. This charge, he said, was
based solely on the statement of some in.
sane wards in the penitentisry.
Speaking Of the Rebel flags, he said, the
Governor by his conduct at the soldiers
reunion had disguised the best men in
his own party and they had called halt
on him. This had gone to such an eX-
tent that the executive committee had
issued second edition of his speech and
unlike the tariff il had been both revised
and reformed.
Gong back to his first topic, he SAID
the people wanted a Governor who would
give less attention to the war that endeG
twenty years ago and more to the peace
full problems CT the present and future
The administration CT Foraker was com.
pared With the Democratic sdministra
ton OF tie state snd figures We're pre-
serted to prove that the presen
administration had not only been more
expensive than any OF the Democratic
administrations, but the most recklessl
extravsgant administration We ever haC
in the state.
The question of tariff reiorr
WAS discussed. He favored
thorough revision and honest r,
formation Of the present System
I ard said the tariff should be so reduce
: that no more reserve should oe raise
than the government needed, He advt
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09
ASSIGNEE'S REPORT.
What Ives n CO. owe and What Their
Assets Are.

NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-WilIiam N. Crom-
well, assignee of Henry s. Ives & Co,
made his report to the Superior court
this afternoon. 1t is a voluminous docu-
ment, filled with tables of figures. The
liabilities ere ST., GGG, 175. Nominal assets
S25 G42 ,6S4 and actual assets Sll, 220,160
Secured creditors and bills payable are
ST ,673 $50. Liabilities on stock loaned
amount to 81 ,0l0, 600. Amount due TO
unsecured creditors is $3.50, llG. The
assignee says that the books OF the firm
appear to be in good form and regularly
kept, and that the report was
made up by an expert accountant
unacquainted with the assignees. The
assigners did not prepare and file
their schedules, and he therefore with
the best obtainable information prepared
and fled these. The property is COM
posed almost entirely of stocks, bonds
and bills receivable Of the several COrpO
retions with which Ives & Co. were con-
nected and in which their investments
were made. These are the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton and Dayton Rail
way, the Cincinnati, Wabash and
Michigan, the Dayton and Michigan,
Terre Haute and Indianapolis, the
Mineral Range and the Dayton, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroads. Owing
to this failure of the assignors and to the
large deposit balances and other indebl-
edness which they owe these companies,
except to the c., w. & NJ R'y, the credit
of the companies, the assignee declares,
has become greatly impaired, although
the physical condition and earnings OF the
properties were greatly improved under
the management of essiguors. Legal
complications have sprung up and the in
yestments have become disturbed by
many injurious rumors. These things
have so unsettled confidence in these
properties that the securities OF the as
signed estate are rendered almost entirely
unmsrketable st this time. Then,
too, the large Indebtedness to
these companies of the assignors
diminishes the value OF the securities
The assignee adds that, "the large equity
in the loans is liable to be swept away i
the creditors do not forbesr and cooper
ate with the assignee in saving the same
1t is claimed by those who have studied
this document of Mr.. Cromwell's that tht
actual assets including only the firm
equities in the hypothecated securities il
only about 100000.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09
THE DYING UMPIRE.
a NJ odorn Parody of the Celebrated Poem
of "Bingon on tho Rhine"


An umpire of the Northwestern League
lay dying. 1t appears there was & lack of
tender usage, there was dearth OF friendly
cheers; end & player stood behind him as
his lie sands ebbed awsy, and bent
with rapt attention 10 hear what he
might say. That "croaking' umpire fal-
tered IS he took the players paw, and he
said: "Old boy, Pm going-you'u miss
my tuneful aW. Say to all your brother
players, VINO were OrCe dear friends(?)
Of mine, IF they check the man who
runs the game they must expect tlne.'
Tell the pitcher of your base ball club Il
think his name is Nike that he can't ex-
pect each ball that's pitched to be de-
Clared Strike, and he mustn't scOwl or
show his wrath or make display Of gall,
when the hired man behind the plate
shouts torCibiy, 'one ball. And Just
| whisper to your brother not to pause
when ball is caught; such breaks as that
will change q mans decision not 6 lot.
Besides" he said his glossy eyes were
wet with tears Of brine, "they cannot
grumble if they get g reasonable fine.
Tell your 'coacher,' who at first or third
! is wont to take his place, not TO
| open up his fusillade until q mans on
! base; and, furthermore, if captain,
would warn him TO desist, for he makes
| the people tired, and he never would be
missed Tell the fellows that an UNI
pres only human, after all, and they
! can't expect him not to err sometimes in
| games of bali, and the only way we have
! to keep recalcitrants in line is to sock it
! to 'em' gently with 'tepner' for fine.
| Say to all the members Of your club
whene'er disputes arise that 1t hurts
ones feelings to be told direct he lies -;
ana also, to the fellows three, who ocCu-
by the field, to hold their ground,
because, be sure, the umpire will
not yield. This wordy warfare only
serves TO cause delays in the game. You
may hound the umpire most to death, but
he'll get there Just the same and he'll
make cold shIvers 'ChasseZ' up and down
each kicker's spine, by passing round
among you al 8 souvenir in fine. Tell
the mouthy men, who make remarks
| while seated in the stand, that their WITH.
cisms are chestnuts, aud st no time in
demand: that umpires cannot always
rule in favor Of their team, however
strange or startling this assertion now
may seem, and cries Of Rats and 'Put
'em out and Umpire, how is that?
disgust all lovers of the game-are
silly, stale and fat Such people should
in du, geons be, and there be made re
pine, for the umpire cannot resch then
with his customary fine. Pm going now
old fellow; think I've told you all thu
things that umpires most detest while
refereeing bsll. I've done my pest t
satisfy the patrons Of the game, and if
erred in judgment sure my heart was no
to blame I've only this request to max
when am laid away, that you'll think O
what I've told you in the games you'll
often play. Soon III quit this sphere O
sorrow for a land that's more divine
where the umpire gets square shake
and there's no more need for fine"
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-09

Gated keeping taxes upon whisky, tobacco
and articles OF luxury ard making food,
clothing and articles of necessity ana
general consumption cheaper. lie gave
some attention TO Forsker's cIsims OF the
blessings of prohibition and made con-
siderable ridicule Of several of his state
ments. He next gave summary of what
had been done by the national adm:nls-
trstion, such as recovering lands which
had been granted to railroads
and stated the Democratic party
had not granted en acre OF public lands
to railroad corporations and had not ex-
tended or revived G. single grant. lie
also gave the facts upon which he based
his claim that CleyeIa2d's sdmiE-
istrstion had done more for soldiers
and their dependent relatives than any
Republican administration. BE closed
his speech with tribute to President
Cleveland and his work, end claimed that
the party which mad done 80 well with
nstional affairs was the party - be
trusted with the administration Of our
own state affairs